climate

Illustration of solar panels feeding energy into community microgrids (credit: @laurence_ware_design)

Future of Cities

People power: how can community electricity grids help tackle the energy crisis?

A small-scale ‘microgrid’ scheme in Lawrence Weston is helping a group of Bristol homeowners take power into their own hands – but how can we supercharge community energy projects to benefit everyone?

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

This Week in Bristol

This week in Bristol: Airport expansion granted by High Court – but campaigners vow to fight on

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

This Week in Bristol

A man holding an umbrella walks through a flooded underpass entrance at Lawrence Hill roundabout

This week in Bristol:  Lawrence Hill gets a ‘Lido’

Eliz Mizon
Eliz Mizon
A map of heat networks that will be created under Bristol's City Leap programme

Reports

Councillors sign off 20-year deal aimed at decarbonising Bristol’s energy networks

Councillors this week approved the two-decade City Leap partnership, paving the way for hundreds of millions of pounds to be invested into heat networks, retrofit and other renewable technologies in Bristol.

Alex Seabrook
Alex Seabrook (Local Democracy Reporter)
Photo from Bristol Airport Expansion Protest

Reports

Bristol Airport expansion appeal decision pending. Win or lose, campaigners are making an impact by playing the long game.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval
Image of a barn at Perrinpit Farm, Frampton Cotterell, which would become a bat house (Image: Perrinpit Road Solar Ltd/Savills)

Reports

Huge solar farm on green belt near Frampton Cotterell set for green light this week

Adam Postans (Local Democracy Reporter)

Features

Is Bristol prepared for even more intense heatwaves?

More green spaces are needed to protect the city’s most vulnerable from future extreme heat events, say environmental groups.

Billy Stockwell
Billy Stockwell

Features

Greens and Labour are close in Windmill Hill, where climate, air pollution and housing are key concerns for locals

It’s likely to be a tight fight in Windmill Hill again, after Labour beat the Greens by just a few hundred votes last election.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Local Elections 2021

‘The new WECA mayor has a big role to play in the response to the climate emergency’

As the four metro mayor candidates have all signed up to a pledge from Friends of the Earth to create an ambitious Climate Action Plan, campaigners are confident that there will be more done about the climate crisis than has been so far, whoever gets in.

Mike Birkin

City

Bristol becomes first UK city to ban ads for junk food, payday loans and gambling

Campaigners want the council to go further, and ban ads for ‘climate wrecking products’ like cars and airlines.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Opinion

Why Bristol sport needs to do its bit in tackling the climate crisis

Sport fans in Bristol should care about our changing climate, writes David Goldblatt

David Goldblatt
David Goldblatt

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with David Goldblatt, on how sport can help save us from climate change

Local football clubs are gonna need gondolas to get supporters to flooded pitches and sports fans are untapped climate change champions, says the leading voice on sport and society.

Neil Maggs Rosa Eaton Adam Cantwell-Corn
Neil Maggs, Rosa Eaton and Adam Cantwell-Corn
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